{"id":4316,"date":"2019-02-04T01:09:16","date_gmt":"2019-02-04T01:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/?p=4316"},"modified":"2019-02-04T01:09:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-04T01:09:16","slug":"rootstech-presentations-from-the-family-history-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/rootstech-presentations-from-the-family-history-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"RootsTech Presentations from The Family History Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s hard to believe that RootsTech 2019 is less than three weeks away! The Family History<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-3765\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thefhguide.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RootsTech-2019-Ambassador-Badge-Instg-300x300-300x118.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"118\" \/> Guide will be busier than ever, with a presentation session on Thursday, Feb. 28 and two sessions on Saturday, Mar. 2 (Discovery Day at Roots Tech).<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a brief look at the sessions, from the information featured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rootstech.org\/schedule\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">RootsTech Schedule<\/a> page:<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><span class=\"session__title\">The Family History Guide: Accelerating Your Learning and Research\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>In this session you&#8217;ll learn how to do the following things to accelerate your family history learning and research:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Use The Family History Guide website to learn family history skills faster and easier.<\/li>\n<li>Discover research tips that can help you fill out your family tree, even when you are facing brick walls.<\/li>\n<li>Learn techniques for interviewing family members, scanning and preserving memories, using Google apps to collaborate with others, etc.<\/li>\n<li>Use the Online Tracker, a powerful database for recording and tracking your learning progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Family History Guide is an approved training partner for FamilySearch and has website visitors from over 150 countries. Discover the difference it can make in your family history journey.<\/p>\n<div>Thursday, Feb. 28 at 3 p.m.<\/div>\n<div class=\"session__room session__meta__item\">Ballroom B<\/div>\n<div class=\"session__number session__meta__item\"><span class=\"session__room session__meta__item__label\">Session Number:\u00a0<\/span>RT1119<\/div>\n<div>and<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"session__room session__meta__item\">Saturday, Mar. 2 at 3 p.m.<\/div>\n<div class=\"session__room session__meta__item\"><span class=\"session__room session__meta__item__label\">Room:<\/span>155 B<\/div>\n<div class=\"session__number session__meta__item\"><span class=\"session__room session__meta__item__label\">Session Number:\u00a0<\/span>RT1119<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"session__track session__meta__item\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p><em><span class=\"session__title\">Discover, Gather, and Connect Your Family Together<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"session__meta\"><span class=\"session__speaker\">Angelle Anderson, Marketing Director, The Family History Guide Association<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"session__meta\"><span class=\"session__speaker\">Scott Anderson, Public Relations Director,\u00a0The Family History Guide Association<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"session__meta\"><span class=\"session__speaker\">Merrill White, FamilySearch Area Manager and\u00a0Product Manager for the FamilySearch Discovery Center Initiative<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"session__summary\">From the kitchen to social media to the temple, all ages can be engaged. This session will share several ideas that will help members of the Church engage their families to discover, gather and strengthen their families through family history.<\/div>\n<div class=\"session__meta session__meta--bottom\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"session__room session__meta__item\"><span class=\"session__room session__meta__item__label\">Saturday, Mar. 2 at 8 a.m.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"session__room session__meta__item\">Ballroom A<\/div>\n<div class=\"session__number session__meta__item\"><span class=\"session__room session__meta__item__label\">Session Number:\u00a0<\/span>PH6249<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<p>In addition to the formal presentations, we&#8217;ll be featuring 20-minute mini-classes on a variety of topics at The Family History Guide booth. 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